Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry
As taught in: Spring 2006
An image from Post Office Square in Boston. (Image courtesy of Francisca Rojas. Used with permission.)
Instructors:
Alex MacLean
Prof. Anne Whiston Spirn
MIT Course Number:
11.309J / 4.215J
Level:
Graduate
Course Features
Course Description
This course explores photography as a disciplined way of seeing, of investigating landscapes and expressing ideas. Readings, observations, and photographs form the basis of discussions on landscape, light, significant detail, place, poetics, narrative, and how photography can inform design and planning, among other issues.
The class Web site can be found here: Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry.
